I reference checked , credit checked and spoke with the tenants and allowed them to tour the property.

Ali Boone has a Detroit investors tour every quarter via Hipster Investments, but they generally look at turnkey.

On our home page lendingwise.com you can take an interactive demo of the system:  Product Tour

Whether it be at a networking event or having a local investor come by our headquarters for a tour, we strive to meet our LP's face to face any chance we can get. 

OOS investors are bidding up Detroit real estate, yet locals can't get past decades of negativity about Detroit to invest there:(You should take a real tour of Detroit and consider investing there!

Make sure your listings have high-quality photos and possibly even virtual tours.

I recently toured a home that I had no idea was manufactured.

If you tour the property and it looks like a good investment, then I would move forward with an offer that included a discount price based on the cost of eviction.

Video tours, photos, Google map images don't show a lot of things.  

I should have also paid an experienced local investor like $100 or $150 to do a detailed video tour of the property and neighborhood, someone unbiased and who isn't on the agent's team.